Willie Mays

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June 19, 2024
The nation says goodbye to the "Say Hey Kid."
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June 21, 2023
Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024,…
May 7, 2023
Willie Mays was on hand as his 92nd birthday was celebrated and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Brewers…
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May 7, 2021
Willie Mays turned 90 on May 6 and has a documentary dropping and a few notable fans ran to social…
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August 12, 2018
Barry Bonds, baseball’s all-time home run leader and prodigal son was honored Saturday, by the franchise where he set most…
November 17, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Baseball legends Willie Mays and the late Yogi Berra will be honored with the nation's highest civilian…
February 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The San Fransisco Giants, reigning World Series champions, are the only Major League Baseball club that doesn't…
May 6, 2011
The Giants will mark the occasion with a pregame ceremony that will include tributes from some of his former teammates…
April 22, 2011
SLIDESHOW - From Negro leaguers of the past to the future Hall of Famers, African-Americans continue to make contributions to…
January 21, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Mays reminded the kids that their parents were their heroes, not athletes, and they should extend…
June 28, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The 91-year-old Irvin, a Hall of Famer who became the first black player in Giants history…
January 31, 2010
Now 78, Mays is slightly stooped, and a somewhat rounder version of the streamlined, muscular athlete who hit 660 home…